LEARNING LESSONS: MEDICINE, ECONOMICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY
Book ID/图书代码： 13149010B40700
English Summary/英文概要： This is a book about the policy process. It discusses the considerations advisers have in mind as they develop and select policy alternatives, the ways each of us might want to think about making decisions, and the lessons we should remember in order to minimize avoidable errors. In writing about his experiences in government, the classroom, and private life, Fein offers insights that apply to people responsible for decisions in many kinds of institutions, at all levels of responsibility.
His anecdotes and the situations he describes are drawn from over fifty years of experience in the policy arena. They are not intended to represent either a rounded theory about public administration or a comprehensive treatment of important components of political science. Like most people in the policy arena, Fein came to that work from another discipline-in his case economics. His experience of "finding his own way" through action and experience rather than through application of theory might appear quaint. But his successes, failures, and the lessons he learned, illuminate the process and may prove useful, even inspirational.
Fein is sensitive to the need to move beyond statistics and to present the real world and the faces of real people behind the data. He believes that an effective adviser should bring knowledge and interests that extend beyond the confines of a single discipline, even one as methodologically powerful as economics. Unless the adviser presents a range of choices that have been developed with contributions from many fields of knowledge, the proposed policies are likely to be far too constrained and, at worst, unworkable. His perspective, articulated in this book, is easily summarized: there is more to life and to our nation’s welfare than economics. We live in a society, not in an economy.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本关于政治流程的书，讨论了在参与政治专家们发展和选择替代性政治时头脑中所思考的问题。这可能是我们每个人做出决定所要思考的方式，我们要从中吸取教训以减少可避免的错误。谈到在政府、课堂和私人生活中的经验时，赖希提出了深刻见解，适合那些愿意为各种机构、各级决定负责的人。 他的奇闻轶事和所描述的场景都来自于他在政治领域超过五十多年的经验。这些并不代表公共行政或是政治学的重要组成部分的圆圈理论。像在政治领域的大部分人一样，赖希在他的案例经济学中融入了其他学科。他“走自己的路”的经验更多的是通过行动和经历证明而不是可能感觉奇怪的理论应用。但是无论如何，他的成功、失败和得到的教训给人们以启示，很有用甚至是鼓舞人心的。
赖希对于统计数据背后的运作十分敏感，善于向人们展示真实的世界和这些数据背后的真实面孔。他认为一个有效率的指导者应该带来超越单一学科甚至是强大经济学方法论的知识和利益。除非指导者给出了一定范围的选择，而这些选择由许多领域的知识组合而成，不然提出的政治很可能受到限制，最坏的情况下，一点也行不通。本书阐明了他的观点，并且很容易总结：有很多可以和我们的生活以及国家福利联系起来，不仅仅是经济。我们生活在一个社会中而不是一个经济体中。(兼职翻译-JDM)
Awards/获奖情况：“《学习与借鉴》以一个强有力的信息结尾：‘一个人可以改变世界。’这是一个关于在20世纪60年代贫穷之战如何产生的原因以及如何帮助千百万人们的故事。对于那些花时间担心政治问题并希望能从中改变他们的生活的医生来说，一个人可以改变世界的讯息很重要。”——杰拉尔德•F•安德森博士，《美国医学会杂志》
“《学习与借鉴》是一本回忆录、一个故事合集，一次对社会正义的热烈呼吁。赖希•芬讲述了自己作为一位老师和公共知识分子的长达半个世纪的故事——每个故事都折射出美国的另一个真实面。赖希的旅程从在一座遥远的被称之为‘Bendery’的城市获得自由的梦想开始，到1978年间暴风雪时的参议员特德•肯尼迪。本书抒情、有趣、扣人心弦、神奇、鼓舞人心并智慧。”——詹姆斯•A•莫荣，作家《地狱火的民族》的作者，也是《动力心脏：白宫椭圆形办公室里的健康和政治》的合作者。
About the Author/作者介绍： 赖希•芬是哈佛医学院医学经济学名誉教授。他曾在医学知识进步领域获得英国米罗素奖章以及马丁•鲁夫斯医学杰出服务奖章。他写过很多书，包括《酒精在美国：我们付出的代价》《医学护理》、《医疗费用：健康保险政策大搜索》以及《健康护理误区：我们如何陷入误区、如何走出误区》。 Rashi Fein is professor of the economics of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School. He has been the recipient of the John M. Russell Medal for the Advancement of Knowledge in Medicine and the Martin E. Rehfuss medal for Distinguished Service to Medicine. He is the author of numerous books including Alcohol in America: The Price We Pay, Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy, and The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into it and What it Will Take to Get Out.
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